Who Got The Assist? FPL Podcast

This week, it’s a shorter show as the Gameweeks turn over thick and fast!   Tom and Sam reflect on the weekend’s events before launching directly into the midweek preview, with captaincy perhaps up for grabs as well as spanners being thrown into the mix affecting our transfer plans. We chat selling Mbeumo, if Jackson is the key man, as well as why Saka is probably a no brainer.   Please drop a lik...

This week, Tom & Sam cast their eye over the upcoming, busy fixture run as the first run of midweek games looms between Gameweek 14 & 16, for which the planning starts now!   But if we’re going to cook in that period, what do we need to prep to get there? And who should we be targeting as we readjust our sides in the run up to the gameweek congestion.   Plus in the Gameweek Preview, a move had alr...

With FPL about to hit fast forward, Tom & Sam take a look back to help us in the upcoming onslaught of fixtures by revisiting the 10 mistakes we said we wouldn’t make in preseason to ask – were mistakes made? And, if so, can we learn from this to help guide us to green arrows during the hectic period to follow?   Plus in the gameweek preview, our own plans to take big hits come under the microscop...

It’s all about Sam’s favourite term “Edge Pieces” this week, as FPL heads into the final international break of this season and we take our now customary step back to assess the situation.   This time, we discuss the importance of the Edge Pieces in FPL – especially this season – and then each pick out and debate a top 3 in defence, midfield and attack that we’re backing (whether they’re in our si...

After a punishing weekend for Tom and finally a great one for Sam, there's a few things on the agenda on this week's show!   We discuss finally selling Haaland and its aftereffects, whether short term punts could have a place despite our wider plans, and also the increased risk of hits in the new world.   Plus our usual gameweek 11 preview!   Please drop a subscribe to the channel and 5* review if...

After a tumultuous week in FPL – featuring what we’re going to dub a “semi-fail” on Tom’s Haaland TC – and as we head into double figure Gameweek numbers, Tom and Sam chat to try to figure out what’s going wrong this season and how they’re planning to sort it out after a lackluster start to the season!   To try to address this, we take a look into the creeping frustration with the template as it h...

As FPL resumes after international break, Tom & Sam reflect on a rather disappointing weekend with a packed show looking forward to next week instead!   There’s a few things on the running order this week, with a look at whether we are both hitting the button on triple captaining the Norwegian robot, and then as our main focus a look at the defence in FPL: is it worth just divesting entirely after...

Title: Quad Planning   Tom & Sam zoom back in on the detail on FPL, with the next four fixtures before the final international break of 2024 in focus for this week’s episode.   Building on what we began with Nick last week, we look at each team’s performance thus far and ask where our interest lies for FPL, and if – and then, how – we’re looking to be moving in and out any of the players from the...

Tom & Sam are joined by high-flying former founding co-host Nick to zoom out as we head into the international break.   We take time to think about how different levels of engagement in FPL can have their positives and negatives, with Nick enjoying a stellar start to the campaign!   We also begin to preview the next block of 4 fixtures in terms of discussing how the key men for the next few weeks...

Sam & Tom survey the wreckage after a one man wrecking ball in Cole Palmer torpedoed their Wildcard hopes and dreams!   We know not everyone was on Wildcard this week, but a discussion on processing bad weeks and how to react – especially if you have just wildcarded – seems apt given the week we’ve had. Are there any bright spots? Is there anything we’d have done differently?   Plus the Gameweek 7...

Sam & Tom have both pressed the button this week, meaning hot picks and team structure take centre stage.   We know not everyone is on wildcard, so to assist everyone – while using our wildcard drafts as the main discussion springboard – we do an audit of FPL key picks from top to bottom (as reasonably as we possibly can!), noting top individuals for managers to consider, whatever your situation!...

Tom & Sam assess the damage after a below par return to FPL action following the international break. We take a look at the current FPL game state, with a heavily – yet, maybe, temporary – templated player set at the moment meaning differential hauls make all the difference. But, with Gameweek 6 wildcards the popular strategy, we ask: how long will this last? And how should we manage to adapt to t...

As FPL slowly emerges from its international break slumber, Tom and Sam take time to dwell on decision making and how things may be altered by the format tweaks this year now we’ve had some time with the game live.   We investigate how decision-making processes – satisficing vs maximising in behavioural science – are somewhat shaped by our personalities and where it feeds into FPL – and how this h...

This week, Tom & Sam zoom in on one troublesome spot in our fantasy teams: the expanded funzone midfield at around 5.0-8.5m. With many unhappy owning the likes of Nkunku and Eze, we wonder who, of any of these guys, is worth investment now or keeping an eye on going forward. There’s the Price Point, where we highlight one bit of eye test info Sam noted this week. And then it’s the Gameweek 3 previ...

Sam and Tom are back after the FPL opening weekend to react to the drama as it unfolded. On this week’s pod, a lot of bits and pieces with scant data to report on: - Our GW1 reflections: what changes did we make on the final day, how did we do and what have we learned? - Introducing The Price Point: Sam’s eye test spot for this (and every!) Gameweek - Gameweek 2 Preview, including the Kneejerk, Be...

Tom and Sam present their preview of the opening weekend! FPL preseason has reached boiling point – as the UK has in summer – as we go through our final points ahead of Gameweek 1. On this week’s pod, it’s the return of Pick Your Fighter as we examine some of the key, outstanding decisions FPL managers are grappling with in several positions in the drafting frenzy ahead of the deadline. We also la...

This week, Tom & Sam look into management tips as FPL preseason simmers away. On today’s pod: - General discussion of how things are developing – players who are becoming more interesting to us and the wider community and our thoughts - A very swift draft update – where are we in our thinking? - And the highlight of this week’s pod, we’ve put our minds together and thought up 10 mistakes we won’t...

This week, Sam and Tom are spending a bit of time meditating on probably the most significant thing that’s hit FPL in recent years: analytics. To talk about this, there’s literally no-one better to invite on as a guest than the Dark Lord of Analytics himself, Simon @analytic_FPL. We cover a myriad of factors surrounding the use of analytics and FPL Review in FPL, trying to answer a central point:...

6 days on from launch Tom & Sam continue their preseason content with this, our formal full-fat look at the pricing ahead of FPL 2024/25. We look at each position by price - using some homebrew data in spots - to assist putting together those drafts ahead of the opening Gameweek. There's a lot of analysis and interesting findings along the way, so do join us. And leave a like and subscribe, please...

Tom and Sam are back for the 2024-25 season on fpl launch day!! On the show today: we give our initial reactions to this year's pricing (we've got a pod next week in-depth on this), talk about changes to the format and our aims for the year ahead before revealing our (very very very) first drafts to each other for the first time! So excited for the year ahead! Make sure to hit that subscribe butto...

We said goodbye to FPL 2023/24 in interesting fashion, with one last blast on a final day which had the sting definitively taken out of it football wise BUT a lot to play for in fantasy football. Today, we provide you with a full season review for the FPL campaign that has been and gone, and start looking ahead to lessons we can take into the new season come August. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPP...

We're back for our penultimate pod of the season, previewing the final gameweek! We pick over the wreckage of DGW37 first, and then move into our look ahead with the mini league and bold claims in close contention. Then a focus on the final week itself - asking, historically, how many goals are scored so what does that tell us? And who should we be buying in per position, and key punts for that fi...

What else could we do this week aside from previewing the final, big double of the season in Double Gameweek 37?! We go through the teams doubling and ask who the "locked in" key men are, and hunt for differential opportunities - both within the doublers, and also in single gameweek teams too. Plus our bold claims, captaincy decision (surely the robot rules?) and our own plans for the double. Plea...

Double gameweek 35 is mostly in the books, and FPL – at least in the engaged end – seems to have taken that Buzz Lightyear meme where there’s hundreds of clones on a shelf to heart, while players are dropping like flies and many manager’s teams are redolent of the walking wounded. Today, we investigate whether there are in fact any edges left open to us for the final 3 gameweeks of the season, or...

WGTA return during the second half of double gameweek 34, which was without doubt one of the most swingy weeks we’ve seen for a while, with various permutations in terms of free hit choices and one week punts for those now on wildcards leading to really diverging outcomes here and there 🔀 We discuss possible changes to the game post FA Cup replay scrappage and outcome processing (in brief!) befor...